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Nutraceuticals: Miracle or Meme?
Author(s) -
Ridinger M H T
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.941
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1532-6535
pISSN - 0009-9236
DOI - 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100354
Subject(s) - miracle , nutraceutical , popularity , population , traditional medicine , medicine , psychology , philosophy , food science , environmental health , biology , social psychology , theology
Nutraceuticals, widely becoming adopted as a catchall term to refer to vitamins, minerals, herbs, and various other supplements, continue to gain popularity among large segments of the population, despite little proof of any benefit of most of these compounds. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2007) 82 , 352–356. doi: 10.1038/sj.clpt.6100354